Senior Java Backend Engineer — Scale Fintech Systems

Hytech; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hytech is seeking an experienced Java developer in Kuala Lumpur to design, build, and maintain high-performance applications. You will lead the full software development lifecycle, collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineers to implement new features, and mentor junior developers to ensure code quality and system stability.

Ideal candidates have at least 5 years of Java experience, strong knowledge of Spring Boot/Spring Cloud/Hibernate, and comfort with SQL and NoSQL databases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, scalable Java applications.
• Lead the software development lifecycle from analysis to deployment.
• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineers to implement features.
• Conduct code reviews, mentor junior developers.
• Identify and resolve complex technical issues to optimise performance.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of development processes and tools.

Skills

Java programming

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Object-oriented design

RESTful APIs

Microservices

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Hibernate

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering

Master's degree (optional) in related field

Tools

Spring Boot

Spring Cloud

Hibernate

MySQL

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Redis

Kafka

RabbitMQ

AWS

Azure

GCP

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Hytech is seeking an experienced Java developer in Kuala Lumpur to design, build, and maintain high-performance applications. You will lead the full software development lifecycle, collaborate with product managers, architects, and engineers to implement new features, and mentor junior developers to ensure code quality and system stability.

Ideal candidates have at least 5 years of Java experience, strong knowledge of Spring Boot/Spring Cloud/Hibernate, and comfort with SQL and NoSQL databases.